compiling Numba before first run

[SterlingYM]

Numba @njit slows down the code for the first run, probably due to the compilation time. Is there any way to compile when PIPS is imported?

[arjunsavel]

This makes sense! I'd only @njit functions that are called many times, in general — such as model evaluation functions in a curve-fitting routine. Or things that are called in loops!

There are some fancy compilation-saving routines that are possible — such as ahead-of-time compilation, I believe.

I can take a peek at the dev branch tomorrow!

[SterlingYM]

So far my plan is to use @njit only on the very core functions that are called many times, such as fourier() or gaussian(). I've looked at AOT but it seems too much for this issue. Probably we can quietly run such functions once PIPS is imported?